#48C2BF#48C2BF

#48C2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48C2BF
RGB	rgb(72, 194, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -33.97, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 35.02, 194.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.1042 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.107 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3641, 43.7195, 56.0659)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48C2BF #C2484B

analogous

#48C282 #48C2BF #4888C2

triadic

#48C2BF #BF48C2 #C2BF48

tetradic

#48C2BF #8248C2 #C2484B #88C248

square

#48C2BF #8248C2 #C2484B #88C248

split-complementary

#48C2BF #C24888 #C28248

monochromatic

#246C6A #339A97 #48C2BF #76D1CF #A4E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#48C2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#48C2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48C2BF

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48C2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48C2BF	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48c2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 194, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad5d2',
    500: '#48c2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48c2bf;
$custom-light: #8ad5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48c2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.525,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7463,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48C2BF

secondary

#CE989A

accent

#4E52DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #48C2BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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